Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
1Department of Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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M, male; MesPGN, mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis; F, female; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; NS, nephrotic syndrome; GN, glomerulonephritis; RPGN, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; DPGN, diffuse proliferative (mesangial and endocapillary) glomerulonephritis; HD, hemodialysis; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; CKD, chronic kidney disease; HTN, hypertension; ARF, acute renal failure; CRF, chronic renal failure; PGN, endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis; MRSE, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; KT, kidney transplantation; MSSE, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus epidermidis; IVD, iv drug use; CMRSA, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-10; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.